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Experiment #2: Parallel Plate Capacitors and Dielectric Constants

1) The document describes an experiment measuring the capacitance of parallel plate capacitors with varying plate separations. A table shows the measured and calculated capacitance values and percent errors. 2) A graph is included plotting the reciprocal of the measured capacitance versus plate separation distance. 3) The dielectric constants of various materials were calculated by comparing the capacitance with and without each material between the plates. Values ranged from 1.1 for packing foam to 2.6 for glass.

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Experiment #2: Parallel Plate Capacitors and Dielectric Constants

1) The document describes an experiment measuring the capacitance of parallel plate capacitors with varying plate separations. A table shows the measured and calculated capacitance values and percent errors. 2) A graph is included plotting the reciprocal of the measured capacitance versus plate separation distance. 3) The dielectric constants of various materials were calculated by comparing the capacitance with and without each material between the plates. Values ranged from 1.1 for packing foam to 2.6 for glass.

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Experiment #2: Parallel Plate Capacitors and Dielectric Constants

1) Capacitor is formed by two parallel circular plates of radius R=9cm. Calculate the capacitance of the
capacitor for different separations and fill out the table.
2)
Plate separation (mm) Measured C (nF) Calculated C (nF) % ERROR
1 0.230 0.225 2.22
2 0.114 0.112 1.78
3 0.083 0.0750 10.7
4 0.062 0.0563 10.1
5 0.052 0.0450 15.6
6 0.046 0.0375 22.7
8 0.037 0.0281 31.7
10 0.031 0.0225 37.8
15 0.024 0.0150 60.0
20 0.020 0.0113 77.0

3) Graph the reciprocal of the measured capacitance versus separation.

Measured C VS Distance
60

50
50
41.67
40
1/C in nF^(-1)

32.26
30 27.03
21.74
19.23
20 16.13
12.05
8.77
10
4.35

0
0 5 10 15 20 25

Distance in mm

4) Calculate the dielectric constant of different insulators.


Capacitance with Capacitance without
Dielectric Constant
Dielectric Dielectric
Packing Foam 0.019 0.018 1.1
Paper 0.066 0.041 1.6
Cork 0.031 0.023 1.3
Glass 0.152 0.058 2.6
Organic Glass 0.100 0.051 2.0
Getinax 0.209 0.135 1.55

Calculations:
ε0 A
1)Calculating theoretical capacitance C= A= π r 2 r=9cm=0.09m
d
−12 Farads
For 1mm: 1mm=0.001m A=3.14 × 0.092=0.025434m2 ε 0=8.85 ×10
meter

8.85× 10−12 × 0.025434


=2.251 ×10 F =0.225Nf
−10
C=
0.001
|0.230−0.225|
%Error= × 100 %=2.22%
0.225

C with
2) Calculating the dielectric constant of different insulators. dielectric const=
C without
0.019
dielectric const for paking foam= =1. 0 556=1.1
0.018
0.066
dielectric const for paper= =1. 6 098=1.6
0.041
0.031
dielectric const for cork = =1. 3 478=1.3
0.023
0.152
dielectric const for glass= =2. 6 207 =2.6
0.058
0.100
dielectric const for organic glass= =1. 9 608=2.0
0.051
0.209
dielectric const for getinax= =1.5 4 81=1.55
0.135

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